Here we go again.
The SFMTA finds itself in a financial jam, as it always seems to. Fortunately for the SFMTA and “Mayor” Ed Lee, they’ve found some creative ways to “get more money” for the agency. Even more fortunate for them, they’ve been able to sell it all in the name of “making Muni faster.” A noble goal, right? Who doesn’t want a “fast Muni?” Why, if you oppose proposed changes, you must be for a slow Muni, and nobody wants that right? RIGHT?
Unfortunately for you, the owner/rider, you’re being sold a significant increase in fares, all the while auto drivers are given free parking by the City of San Francisco every Sunday. We still don’t have a final dollar amount on how much money the SFMTA spent on behalf of the NFL and the Super Bowl – remember when they said the City would “make money” off the event, justifying such “donations?” And, as always, the SFMTA continues the charade of the two-tiered monthly pass to hide the true increase in monthly pass fares.
Add on the sneering contempt the agency and even some so-called transit advocates have for those who have the “audacity” of paying for a Muni ride with Real Money, and you have a nice big “FU” served up to you and your fellow citizens, all with “Mayor” Ed Lee’s smiling face laughing all the way to the bank.
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